The National Gallery of Australia is located on the banks of Griffin Lake (Lake Burley Griffin) in the parliament Triangle. It is only about 30 minutes walk from the parliament Building (Parliament House). It is located in a garden-style block. It also includes institutions and venues such as the High Court of Australia (High Court of Australia), the National Portrait Museum (National Portrait Gallery) and the Australian National Library (National Library of Australia).
As a national art gallery, the National Gallery of Australia history of opening to the outside world in 1982 is not long. The gallery features a magnificent, dignified interior with 11 art exhibition rooms, over 70,000 fine art works and a large collection of indigenous works, as well as numerous collections from around the world. The walls of the main exhibition hall are zigzag trapezoid, thousands of turns, different shapes, just like the heavy screen in the chamber. Eleven showrooms are located on three floors. The most striking of the museum is the sculpture garden designed by Harry Howard, which contains 50 figures and monuments among the trees, and the landscape of the whole garden is harmonious and quiet against the backdrop of green trees and clear water. The gallery's top floor features Australian historical works of art, outstanding works by leading Australian painters, and many of its favorite works with Australian characteristics, collected from various parts of Australia, most of them from the period from 1880 to 1960, including paintings, watercolors, sketches, photographs, illustrations and sculptures, as well as natural, folk and indigenous art, from which learn about Australian history.
A collection of ancient and modern Western art works, including the American modernist artist Pollock's masterpiece Blue Column, the French Beast painter Matisse's Europa and Bull, the painting "Girls on the Seine" that marks the beginning of modern French art, Russian artist Casimir Malievich's house 》、 classic Italian Rococo painting "The Golden Ceiling ", Impressionist Monet's painting" Water lily in the Pond "and the huge frescoes of Lege in his later years. In addition, there are various art treasures from Asia, Oceania and Africa.
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